Pan_asia Destroyer
USS Haynsworth, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was laid down in the dockyards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in December 1943. She participated in the war in the Pacific Ocean. On April 6, 1945, the destroyer sustained damage as a result of a kamikaze attack. In the 1950s and 1960s, she served in the Mediterranean as part of the U.S. 6th Fleet. In 1964, she became a training ship of the naval reserve. In 1970, the destroyer was sold to the Republic of China Navy and renamed Yueyang—she served there for 28 years. The ship was decommissioned in 1999, and her hull was used to create an artificial reef in 2001.